Jose Mourinho has confirmed he wants to bring Didier Drogba back to Chelsea.

Meanhile, Petr Cech has warned his Stamford Bridge bosses "I will not be a Chelsea bench-warmer" if he loses his place as first-team keeper to Thibaut Courtois this season.

Celtic defender Virgil van Dijk is keen to play for his fellow Dutchman Ronald Koeman at Southampton. The Scottish champions want at least £10m for the centre-back, but Saints are set to rake in around double that from the sale of their defender Dejan Lovren to Liverpool.

Roma are weighing up a move for Tottenham centre-back Vlad Chiriches.

West Brom boss Alan Irvine admits never having seen striker Brown Ideye before making him the club's £10m record signing. He he has only watched his new star signing on DVD.

Hull City are hoping to clinch the £2m signing of Sheffield United defender Harry Maguire today.

Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale is a £1m target for Brighton.

Arsenal's World-Cup winning trio of Per Mertesacker, Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski will miss the start of the new Premier League season after being granted an extended break.

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Chelsea are set to make a move to re-sign former striker Didier Drogba, 36.

Meanwhile, Blues winger Marko Marin is in talks over a loan move to Turkish side Besiktas.

ood grief. Someone guessed that the form English player at the moment might be in his national side with some other players? And that's espionage? Now if they discovered that Emile Heskey was going to be in the starting line up.... at right back.... THAT would be espionage. Give it a rest Roy.